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Dr. Paul KlotmanBCM's New Top Manby Lori Williams 
Dr. Paul Klotman When he was a young boy living in the Midwest, Paul Klotman visited his grandparents in Houston every summer. It was a long way from Cleveland, Ohio, but his mom grew up in Galveston and it was a tradition to reconnect with family each year. He spent part of those visits riding with his grandfather in a car without air conditioning. The memory of the heat in that car sticks with him. So, it's good that air conditioning is plentiful these days because Dr. Paul Klotman is back in town. And he's set on calling Houston home as he begins his mission to lead Baylor College of Medicine to the top. On June 21, the BCM Board of Trustees named Klotman as the fifth president and CEO in school history. He officially takes the helm on Sept. 1, but he got busy right away, meeting faculty, staff, students, Texas Medical Center officials and community leaders. "Baylor is a fantastic organization. I've heard about it all my life. I have the greatest respect for the quality of the people here. Great faculty, great scientists, great clinicians, great teachers, great students—everyone should want to be here." Currently the chair of medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City, Klotman has a track record of exceptional success in academic medicine. He went to the University of Michigan as an undergraduate, Indiana University School of Medicine for his medical degree and Duke University School of Medicine for residency training in medicine and nephrology. He has been the chief of two laboratories at NIH. His research on HIV's actions in the kidney is known throughout the world. Named chair at Mount Sinai in 2001, he has transformed the department to a top tier academic program by greatly expanding the faculty practice group, increasing basic and clinical research revenues and focusing on the department's educational mission. He is highly regarded by colleagues, patients, scientists, residents and students. He was the unanimous choice of the Presidential Search Committee, Academic Council and Board of Trustees to lead Baylor College of Medicine. 
Dr. Klotman greets BCM faculty and staff at Baylor Clinic. Introducing Klotman at a Town Hall meeting after his appointment, Interim BCM President Dr. William T. Butler called him "just the right person for this institution at this time." Klotman's enthusiasm is contagious. He said everyone he has met is upbeat and positive about the future of the college. "Baylor is just a remarkable place. It has this unique sense of family. People who trained here and people here now—they feel like they are part of an extended community. That is special for me. I want to be a part of this family." Klotman's own family could be described as academic overachievers, or as he jokes, "hard to keep up with. My father was a dean, my mom was a dean, my sister a chairman and now my wife is a chairman. I had to get another job to keep up." Dr. Mary E. Klotman was named the chair of medicine at Duke University earlier this year. They have two sons, one at Miami University of Ohio and one at Tufts University in Boston. He said he and his wife have become quite adept at living in two cities, communicating by internet video each day and spending every weekend together. "The family is sort of spread out—we're in four cities—but there is no question that we're all looking forward to calling Houston our home." The climate appears just right for Dr. Paul Klotman at Baylor College of Medicine. |
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